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"By the grace of God and thanks to the folly of our party workers, Girijababu and I still remain leaders of the Nepali Congress. Hopefully, we will continue to remain so."

'Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, former prime minister and senior leader of Nepali Congress, expressing his dissatisfaction at the leadership of the ruling party, in Bimarsha.

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"If the state of emergency is prolonged, Nepal will turn into a playground for foreign forces. That will put our nationality in jeopardy."

'Madhav Kumar Nepal, leader of the main opposition and general secretary of Unified Marxist-Leninist (UML), in Himalaya Times.

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"I will not speak, because I don't want to endanger the process of reunion."

'Bamdev Gautam, general secretary of Marxist-Leninist (ML), which is trying to merge with its mother party, the UML.

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"All the parties should be a part of this program for the time being."

'Surya Bahadur Thapa, former prime minister and president of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), launching his common minimum program to solve the nation's problems, in Kantipur.

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"The government will not lift the state of emergency until the Maoists are totally disarmed."

'Devendra Raj Kandel, Minister of State for Home, addressing a press meet in Butawal.

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"The Maoists will be eliminated due to their own reasons."

'Khadga Prasad Oli, leader of the Unified Marxist Leninist, accusing the rebels of engaging in terrorist activities.

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"The army will return to its barracks the day the government feels it should."

'Nirendra Prasad Aryal, Lieutenant Colonel of Royal Nepalese Army, in Spacetime daily.

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"There is groupism among movie theaters, too. There is a Biswojyoti group and Drums group. We are not in any of these. As a result, we don't get to show good films and have to do with vulgar fares."

'Shankar Shrestha, manager of Nischal Theater, defending the screening of vulgar and "B" grade cinema from Bollywood, in Gorkhapatra.

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